Reagan Era stance may spur pro ERA activism
Reagan's anti ERA position could energize the women's movement, with scholars stating gains in equality are already irreversible. Dr. Joan Mandle notes economic pressures, education, and labor force changes have driven progress, and opposition may mobilize supporters while abortion rights risk backsliding after inauguration.
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Trisha
Pennsylvania State University
Delaware County
Reagan
Ms. Mandle
America
Womer
Mandle
U.S
Supreme Court
Women’s Equality Movement
Women and Social Change
Channel 10
WCAU
Memory Loss Highlights Dangers of Shock Therapy
In 1962 Leonard Roy Frank, a 28 year old real estate salesman and Army veteran, was deemed mentally ill by a psychiatrist. He endured 85 insulin and electroconvulsive treatments in California hospitals, losing memory of the last two years. He later compiled The History of Shock Treatment, a comprehensive psychiatry history.
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San Francisco
UPI
Leonard Roy Frank
University of Pennsylvania
Frank
Brooklyn, N.Y
California
Reagan era fears and local league notes stir Swarthmore
The piece mixes national political talk about Reagan’s early policies with Swarthmore League of Women Voters plans. It covers unemployment hiring freezes and wage rules, UN relations talks, Interboro Buccaneers club plans, and debates over anti psychiatry groups. It notes critics on psychiatry and mentions ongoing debates on brain surgery statistics.
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Swarthmore
League of Women Voters
United Nations
Swarthmore League of Women Voters
Helen Carroll
LWV
Kate
Grace Wright
Cornell Avenue
Gaby Hoenigswald
Westdale Avenue
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Linwood
Coster
Linwood Century Club
Linwood Methodist Church
Interboro
Buccaneers
Lady Buccaneers
Interboro High School
Drexel Hill
Joshua Brown
Aston
Walden
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Lauren Adams
Lizzie Lansdowne
Samantha Tate
Havertown
Matthew Paine
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Se Bunyasaosuk
Springfield
Scott McCarthy
Kris Kerry
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Chichester — School Board
Cherrytree Road
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Borough Hall
State and
Jackson Sts
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Pennell Road
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Providence Road
Europe
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Ghandi
Thoreau
Thomas Szasz
Ivan Ilich
Bay Area Committee For Alternatives To Psychiat
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ONL
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